New program fosters student innovators
A new program at the Beacom School of Business is aiming to create an innovative environment that will foster future entrepreneurs like junior Michael Helgerson. The Entrepreneurs in Residence Program, which began in January, is designed to help student innovators on campus solidify their ideas and bring them to the open market. The program is […]
Students learn to cope with long distance relationships
As Valentine’s Day approaches, many couples will be spending the day with their significant other. However, for some University of South Dakota students, the holiday will be spent a little differently. First-year marketing major McKenzie Holton has been in a long distance relationship with her boyfriend of two years, Blake Medvec, since coming to campus […]
Greeks raise awareness about women’s heart disease
University of South Dakota women involved in the Alpha Phi sorority are encouraging students and faculty to get involved in their fifth annual “Go Red Week” this week. “Go Red Week” is dedicated to raising money and awareness for both women’s heart disease and the Alpha Phi Foundation, an organization that funds scholarships for members and provides money […]
2015 VerminCon sees record attendance
Two hundred and three gamers from across the region filled the Muenster University Center Ballroom this past weekend. The University of South Dakota Games Club hosted its 23rd annual VerminCon, a student-run gaming convention that occurs over the span of two days. The convention broke last year’s record of 168 attendees. Senior Katarina Hammoud, vice president of the […]
Students practice different customs over break
With a week until the semester ends and winter break officially begins, many University of South Dakota students will celebrate some form of winter holiday throughout the next month or so. USD students may be aware of Christmas, with 78.4 percent of the United States’ population recognizing the holiday, according to Pew Research. But other religions also celebrate […]
Students work to become active citizens through AWOL
For some University of South Dakota students, their weekend was spent working to grow as citizens through service. A group of 12 students volunteered at the Teddy Bear Den and with Volunteers of America Nov. 15 in Sioux Falls through the Alternative Week of Off-Campus Learning program. Students helped sort donations and move cribs from storage to the […]